The Cavalrymen of Kai where legendary for their battle prowess and the Takeda clan and where a largely ferocious clan with strict policies regarding their honour and creed.
Famous Takeda's
- Takeda Nobutora - Shingen's father.
- Takeda Shingen - one of Japan's most famous warlords, Shingen expanded his domains greatly, and became one of the major powers in the country for a time.
- Takeda Katsuyori - Shingen's son, Katsuyori commanded his father's armies after his death, and saw the fall of the Takeda family.
- Takeda Nobushige - Shingen's younger brother, held their father's favour to be heir of the clan, continued to support his older brother throughout his life, he also wrote the Kyūjūkyū Kakun, a set of 99 short rules for Takeda house members.
- Sōkaku Takeda (1859 – 1943) was the founder of the Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu school of jūjutsu, and the first to teach the art outside of the Takeda family.